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Header ▾
Song TitleYoure so vain
ArtistCarly Simon
Image Artist
OriginUSA
AlbumNo secrets
Image Album
Basics ▾
Duration4:18
Dur Grp4:00-4:29
Year1972
Decade1970-1979
ContentSecular
BPM104 BPM Spotify BPM YouTube
BPM Grp100-104
Umbrella080-119
KeyC
Time4/4
MajMinMajor
Sites ▾
Scorehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/16oq1LOYHn62Sp_WRtkRzM5920VH1f_i6/view?usp=drive_link
MIDIPlay  |  Download
Chordshttps://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/carly-simon/youre-so-vain-chords-512338
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youre_So_Vain
Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/2DnJjbjNTV9Nd5NOa1KGba
Songfactshttps://www.songfacts.com/facts/carly-simon/youre-so-vain
Multitrackhttps://www.karaoke-versie.nl/custombackingtrack/carly-simon/you-re-so-vain.html
HookTheoryhttps://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/carly-simon/youre-so-vain
Youtubehttps://youtu.be/mQZmCJUSC6g
Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/gb/song/youre-so-vain/1057307827
YT_Streams50,815,242
Recording Tags ▾
Rec Tag 1Irregular measure
Rec Tag 2No 1st inversion
Rec Tag 3Without a Bridge
Rec Tag 4Single voice strings
Rec Tag 5GEO related songs
Rec Tag 6Ending Fade out
Vocal Info ▾
Voc Info 1Lead (female)
Voc Info 2Lead dubb
Voc Info 3With BGV lyrics
Voc Info 42nd voice add (female)
Modulations ▾
Mod (Perm) 1❌
Mod (Temp) 1❌
Mod (Perm)❌
Mod (Temp)❌
Solo Info ▾
Solo Info 1Has no odds (time/key)
YT Solo Starthttps://youtu.be/mQZmCJUSC6g?t=120
Solo Instruments ▾
Solo Instrument 1Guitar (Electric)
Instruments ▾
Instr 1BASS GUITAR
Instr 2AG
Instr 3PIANO
Strings Arranger 1Carly Simon
StringsStrings included
Qualification ▾
Awards 1Grammy - Hall of Fame Award
Nominations 1Grammy - Record of the Year
Nominations 2Grammy - Song of the Year
Nominations 3Grammy - Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female)
Chart TypeBillboard Hot 100
Premium🥇🥇🥇
CertificationRIAA - Gold
Lyrics ▾
LyricsLinkhttps://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/carlysimon/youresovain.html
Profane🆗
Improper🆗
Anti-Chr🆗
Author 1Carly Simon
Meta Tags ▾
Lyrics Metaphor✱ Your scarf ✱ it was apricot ✱ Clouds in my coffee ✱ You're where you should be... and when you're not ✱ you're with some underworld spy
Explanation✱ A symbolic use of color and fashion to emphasize the subject's vanity, peacocking, and focus on material status. ✱ A classic metaphor for distorted reality or confusion; seeing something ethereal (clouds) in a mundane object (coffee), reflecting a blurred vision of a relationship. ✱ Metaphorically describes the subject's shady or superficial social circle, used to feed his ego and maintain a mysterious, untrustworthy persona.
MTag 1Society:Material:Value
MTag 2Nature:Elements:Water
MTag 3Weather:Clouds
MTag 4Society:Social:Identity
Chords ▾
Ch Prog Vvi-V/VI-vi, IV-I/IV-IV-vi
Ch Prog PCIV-I-V-IV
Ch Prog CI-I-ii-I, I-vi-IV-V
Ch Prog B❌
Progr Category 1I-IV-V
Progr Category 2I-IV-V-vi
Used Chords# Fam7
Chord Fam ProgI, ii, iii, IV, V, VI, vi
CHORD C = VDifferent
Modes ▾
Mode 1Ionian
Mode 1 ChrdsI - Major, IV - Major, V - Major
Mode MixtureNo
VisualIonian
HookTheory ▾
Ch Complex?39
Mel Cmplx?40
Ch Mel Tens?36
Ch Prog Nov?27
Ch-Bs Mel?22
Ch Complex Grp30-39
Mel Cmplx Grp40-49
Ch Mel Tens Grp30-39
Ch Prog Nov Grp20-29
Ch-Bs Mel Grp20-29
Spotify Attributes ▾
Spot-Dance?66
Spot-Energy?68
Spot-Valance?67
Spot-Dance Grp60-69
Spot-Energy Grp60-69
Spot-Valance Grp60-69
Songbooks ▾
Songbook 1Anthology (Carly Simon)
Songbook URL (Songbook 1)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vyztQaEqmF_m2A3lPvt9VMTDxFMPtKuB/view?usp=drive_link
Songbook 2Best Fake Book Ever (Various Artists)
Songbook URL (Songbook 2)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YR_wlEGAV7UKoFdX_IMLGSirH6vPvL7a/view?usp=drive_link
SB Page 1848 (Best Fake Book Ever)
SB Page 2106 (Anthology (Carly Simon))
Genre ▾
Genre 1Pop
Genre 2Rock
Style ▾
Style 1Soft Rock
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